Imozulu embi ebangelwe yiNkanyamba uNargis inyanzelise iinqanawa zomkhosi waselwandle ukuba zihlangule abahlali ababhadlileyo abavela kwiziqithi ezikulwandle iAndaman izolo, ngelixa isilumkiso sodaka sikhona kumaphondo ali-16 akumantla. I-HTMS Thayan Chon ihlangule abakhenkethi abangama-302, bobabini abaseThai nabangaphandle, kwiziqithi zaseSurin emva kokuba bexakeke ziilwandle eziphezulu kunye nemimoya enamandla ebangelwe yinkanyamba.
Abakhenkethi bafike bekhuselekile kwizibuko kwisithili saseKhura Buri izolo.
Ulwandle olulwatyuzayo lwabangela ukuba kube nzima ukuba izikhitshana zikwazi ukusebenza.
Inkanyamba, ipakisha imimoya eyi-190-kilomitha ngeyure, ihlasele iRangoon kwangoko izolo, ikrazula uphahla, yancothula imithi kunye nokukhupha umbane, nangona kungakhange kubikwe abantu ababhubhileyo. Amagosa esebe lemozulu athi iNargis kulindeleke ukuba iqhubeke nendlela yayo eya emantla mpuma. Ngentsimbi yesine izolo, inkanyamba ibikwi-4km kumzantsi-ntshona we-Mae Hong Son.
U-Vice-Adm u-Supoj Prueksa, umphathi we-Third Fleet, uthe enye inqanawa yomkhosi wamanzi yathunyelwa ukuba ihlangule abakhenkethi be-125 ababevalelwe kwiziqithi zaseSimilan ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku. Abazange bakwazi ukubuyela elunxwemeni ngenxa yemozulu embi. Uthe iinqanawa zomkhosi wasemanzini, iihelicopter kunye namaqela onyango ahlala elindile ubusuku nemini ukulungiselela umsebenzi wokuhlangula.
Amaphondo aliqela asemantla ebejongene nezikhukula njengoko kubikwe imvula enkulu kuninzi lwaseMantla.
Kwakhutshwa isilumkiso sokudilika kodaka kwiilali ezili-12 zamaphondo asemantla.
UThada Sattha, intloko yesikhululo semozulu iMae Hong Son, uthe uNargis wayephelelwa ngamandla kodwa kulindeleke ukuba azise imvula enkulu eMae Hong Son phezolo.
Ummandla oseMbindini kwakunye namanye amaphondo aseMpuma nawo kulindeleke ukuba agagane neemvula ezinkulu.
Amaphondo aza kuchaphazeleka nguNargis yiMae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Lamphun, Lampang, Phrae, Uttaradit, Sukhothai, Phichit, Phayao, Phitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Kanchanaburi, Ranong, Chanthaburi. kunye neTrat.
Usekela-rhuluneli waseChiang Mai uPairoj Saengpuwong wayala amagosa okuthintela iintlekele kunye nokunciphisa ukuba enze amalungiselelo ayimfuneko kwaye alumkise abantu ukuba baqaphele, ngakumbi abo bahlala kwiindawo eziphantsi. Uthe amanyathelo okuthintela ukudilika komhlaba athatyathwe kwiilali ezingama-36 eChiang Mai.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Vice-Adm Supoj Prueksa, commander of the Third Fleet, said another navy ship was sent to rescue 125 tourists stranded on the Similan islands on Friday night.
- Bad weather caused by Cyclone Nargis forced navy ships to rescue stranded holidaymakers from islands in the Andaman Sea yesterday, while a mudslide alert is in place in 16 northern provinces.
- Ummandla oseMbindini kwakunye namanye amaphondo aseMpuma nawo kulindeleke ukuba agagane neemvula ezinkulu.
